Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday flagged off the dispatch of 1,000 quintals of wheat seeds to flood-hit Punjab to ensure that foodgrain production in that state does not dip drastically due to the natural calamity.

Speaking at an event in the state capital, he said, “In this time of crisis, we stand with the farmers of Punjab. With this commitment, the Uttar Pradesh government, through the Agriculture Department and the Uttar Pradesh Seed Development Corporation, is dispatching 2,500 bags, equivalent to 1,000 quintals of wheat seeds, for Punjab.”

He said due to heavy rainfall in Punjab this year, all aspects of public life were severely affected. “Even the seeds stored there were damaged by the flood. It is feared that this may impact the agriculture in t

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